In the summer of 2000, before Norah Jones made the zillion-selling Come Away With Me, Peter Malick invited the then-unknown singer to record with his equally obscure blues-rock band. The release of that material now may be cynical?repeating one of the six songs to pad the 'album' out to a meagre 30 minutes?but the music itself is not half bad. Away from her folk-jazz setting, Jones sounds as ballsy as a young Bonnie Raitt, and her cover of Dylan's "Heart Of Mine" is outstanding. There's a certain snobbery towards Jones, based on nothing more than her mass popularity. Too bad, as this is further proof she's the real deal.
In the summer of 2000, before Norah Jones made the zillion-selling Come Away With Me, Peter Malick invited the then-unknown singer to record with his equally obscure blues-rock band. The release of that material now may be cynical?repeating one of the six songs to pad the ‘album’ out to a meagre 30 minutes?but the music itself is not half bad. Away from her folk-jazz setting, Jones sounds as ballsy as a young Bonnie Raitt, and her cover of Dylan’s “Heart Of Mine” is outstanding. There’s a certain snobbery towards Jones, based on nothing more than her mass popularity. Too bad, as this is further proof she’s the real deal.
